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KEY SERIES HIGHLIGHTS / REVIEW

267. When an ego-state is assumed and upgraded and then supported by egotism, persons automatically believe that they and their causes and desires are “good” and the causes and desires of “others” are “evil.” 

268. So, it is not “evil” that downgrades “others” to the point that they are irrelevant, relatively speaking; it is ego and ego-state assumption and egotism that does that. When the agendas of one’s personalities / personas are believed to be overwhelmingly significant while the agendas of “others” are simultaneously seen to be totally irrelevant, then “others” can as readily be squashed as might happen with a tiny insect that crosses one’s path. 

269. It is impossible to assume an ego-state (that is, a role, persona, personality, etc.) as an identity without triggering the use of ego-defense mechanisms, and the most commonly-used of those mechanisms is egotism.

270. That, in turn, triggers distortion, delusion and even insanity, for what could be more insane than for persons to believe that mirages are real, to believe that they are actually a composite of many mirages, and then to believe that they - their mirages - are the most wonderful collection of mirages of all time.

Yet, dualistically, there are some who can become convinced simultaneously (and, therefore, insanely) that they are the worst mirages of all, that they are the most shameful mirages of all, and they are the most guilt-ridden mirages of all time.

271. That is what follows ego-state assumption and the accompanying use of egotism, so those assuming any roles that they believe define who they are will be inspired by egotism to upgrade those roles, to upgrade their self-concept, and to participate in self-aggrandizement, even though the conceived “self” or “selves” are totally false.

272. Then, those assuming bogus personas as supposedly-actual identities will believe that they are justified to do whatever is required to create and to sustain their false self-image(s).

273. Insanity is evidenced by the fact that insane persons cannot differentiate between true and false. As a result, they cannot differentiate between reality and myth; between reality and superstition; between fact and fiction; between roles being played vs. what is happening outside “The Theater of the Lie”; and between the unity and perceived multiplicities.

274. The insanity of ego, in its extreme, manifests as the Sociopathic Personality Disorder and / or the Psychopathic Personality Disorder, both of which support unrestrained arrogance and limitless entitlement, all steeped in duality and all generating such beliefs as:

“I have the ability and the right to decide who is moral and right and virtuous and who is not.”

“I have the ability and the right to control people.”

“I have the ability and right to decide which single religion is the right one.”

“I have the ability and right to decide who lives and who dies.”

275. Relatively speaking, there is not a more lethal combination on the planet than (a) the Sociopathic or Psychopathic Personality Disorder combined with (b) unchecked arrogance and boundless entitlement.

276. To look at those quotes above and ...

a. to see that they are examples of the way that the disorders can manifest; then, 

b. to see how widespread those beliefs are throughout the population as a whole; and then 

c. to realize that the Sociopathic and Psychopathic Personality Disorders can manifest in varying degrees 

is to understand how widespread those two personality disorders are, by whatever degree. 

277. And the prerequisite for those (and all) disorders is personality. If there is no false identity / personality at play, then there can be no sociopathic or psychopathic behavior, there can be no arrogance, and there can be no sense of entitlement.

278. If there is no false identity / personality at play, there can be no bombing of crowds, there can be no slaughter of children, and there can be no bombing of people in other countries while bragging about the fact that the people of that nation (that is, a nation of “others”) are going to be “shocked and awed” by the destruction that your military forces are going to subject them to.

279. Therefore, Maharaj’s wake up call: “After the information given to you by the mother, that you are a boy or girl, all your further acquisitions are but hearsay.”

280. It is those persona-based “further acquisitions” that set the stage for all insane thoughts; moreover; insane thoughts lead to insane words, and it is from insane words (including the ones that happen when personas “speak”) that insane deeds evolve. And all of that nonsense and insanity are rooted in false “hearsay.”

281. Thus, the point again: whatever one might take to be “the ills of the planet and its people,” the ills all fall not under the over-simplified umbrella of “good vs. evil” but under the umbrella of the Ultimate Sickness. And those that understand the roots of that Sickness know that “the ills” are not caused by one thing (namely, “evil”) but are caused by all things. The cause of all is . . . all.

282. Following the words “I am” with any word or words generates what Maharaj called “ignorance” and “stupidity” and “insanity.” Why? To follow “I am” with any word is to reinforce a false identity, and false identities (personalities) - in turn - will support not only “ignorance” and “stupidity” and “insanity” but also every possible personality disorder that exists. 

283. The result: assumed personas are upgraded and then generate chaos, including the personas revealed in such beliefs as: 

“I am the Super Spouse, so I deserve nothing less than a Super Spouse, and I will end a marriage or break up a family if I have to in order to assure I am not with a non-Super Spouse and that I am with a Super Spouse”

and 

284. “I am the Super Christian Who Has Been Told by My Holy Book That My Job Is to Spread My Beliefs to ‘the Four Corners of the Earth’“ 

and

285. “I am the Super Muslim Who Has Been Told That My Job Is to Assure That Everyone Follows the Teachings of Islam” 

and

286. “I am the Super Reformer Who Will Not Leave People Alone But Who Must Change Everyone Instead” 

and

287. “I am a Citizen of the Greatest Country on Earth So I Have the Right to Make the Rest of the World Accept Our Economic System, Our Political System, Our Main Religion, Our Way of Doing Business, Our Lifestyle, Our Philosophy, and Our Ideology . . . or Pay One Hell of a Price For Not Doing So” 

and

288. “I am the Super Avenger Who Has the Right to Kill Those Whose Beliefs Are Not Aligned with My Beliefs.”

289. See, it’s the insanity of ego and egotism, not “evil.” 

290. What persons deem to be a result of “the evil in the world” or “the evil forces at play” or “the evil generated by Satan” or “the evil that children are sometimes born with that must be exorcised” does not exist. 

291. Yet at his first mass, the newly-elected Pope Francis - who was supposedly “going to pull Catholicism into at least the 19th or 20th century” though not likely the 21st century - warned: “If we do not confess, if we do not pray to the Lord, we are praying to the Devil.”

The realized have not confessed since realization, have not prayed to any “Lord” since realization, and have not prayed to “the Devil” since realization.

In other words, “I am the Super Catholic and I can identify who is behaving in a good way and who is behaving in a bad way and, therefore, who is good and who is bad; additionally, if you are not with us, you are against.”

[So much for Yeshu’a’s non-dual messaging after he left organized religion.]

Moreover, Francis has joined scores of popes - including John Paul II and Benedict most recently - in ignoring the widespread sexual molestation of Catholic children and other congregants which they were / are aware of.

Again, Maharaj: “Only that person will visit this place whose virtue and sin have come to an end.” That is, whose sin and virtue have both come to an end.

To be continued.

Please enter into the silence of contemplation.

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Here, with those who are still driven to talk about "god," the "Son of god," the "Holy Spirit," "Buddha," "Krishna," etc., etc., etc., the invitation to them is to view those as verbs, not nouns.

THE EXPLANATION


If looked at as nouns, they point to illusions and are, therefore, a total waste of time to even discuss; if looked at as verbs which are resulting in certain sane but rare behaviors among humanity, then they are worthy of some attention during the relative existence.

Meaning? There are members of certain groups who say things such as "My concept of god in the past was of a weak god, an absentee god, A Santa Claus-type god, a mean, punishing, vindictive god, etc. Today, I am in close contact with a loving and caring god whom I worship and praise and glorify and give thanks to."

The reply to that usually goes like this: "If you are in contact with a god that wants to be worshipped and praised and glorified, then you're dealing with someone like yourself - a narcissist - and hanging out with narcissists will never bring an end to your narcissism (that narcissism evidenced by the fact that you think you are "godly").

Next, in the phrase 'loving and caring god,' any supposed god that truly had her or his act together would tell you that the totally irrelevant part of that phrase is 'god' and that the only part that is relevant is the "loving and caring" part.

"That is, a non-narcissistic their god / their goddess would say, "I care not an iota about being worshipped and praised and glorified by you or anyone else. How arrogant and insecure and needy would I have to be to want that? Forget the man-made, dreamed up noun 'god' and focus on the 'god as a verb' understanding and then go forth and let loving and caring be verbs - not adjectives - and let them generate the act of love and the act of caring and let those actions manifest through you." 

Yeshu'a (Jesus) and Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis were spot on:


"No one shall ever see 'the kingdom of heaven.' It is within"

--Yeshu'a (Jesus)

and 


"Heaven and earth shall fade away."

--Yeshu'a (Jesus)

and 


"Heaven and hell are not geographic places

but are states of mind, nothing more than

concepts dreamed up by men."

--Pope John Paul II 

"There is no hell."

--Pope Francis, the current pope

in an interview with journalist Eugenio Scalfari,

a writer used by the Pope to issue off the record

teachings which become a part of the Papal Magisterium.

[That said, would that the popes who have shown the courage to reject a core concept of their dogma - namely, "hell" - would find the additional courage required to question the very existence of their institution in light of the centuries-long cover-up of their history of raping children and in light of the mental and emotional and psychological scarring of billions of their members past and present.

And that need for courage also applies as questions need to be asked about why so many other sky cults are still being supported and allowed to continue to exist as well. When certain types of programming and conditioning have been shown to blind the masses, they should end. Will they? Not likely. Why?

Because what the masses think and say and do is most influenced by the international crime families which hold sway over the masses as criminals conduct their planet-wide operations. What are the major international crime families and which are the most influential and have the largest memberships?

The Mafia / La Cosa Nostra; the Catholic Church (with it 1.2 billion followers) whose Vatican Bank worked for decades with the Mafia while laundering mob earnings (for a 15% all-profit charge by the Bank); Protestant and Evangelical Churches (with over 1.2 billion followers) like the one I was raised in where the youth director molested and sexually assaulted young girls; big business which has long created environments in which people have been abused; powerful political bodies like the U.S. Congress, etc., etc., etc.)

With all of those crime families, neither the followers nor the leadership ever voluntarily step down or shut down their criminal activities. Be they gangs, organized crime families, religions, big business, politicians, etc., they all want control and they all want power and they all want money, and nothing internal will interfere with the driving forces at play.

The masses must demand that all those in charge must step down and their groups and institutions must shut down, and there's the real problem because the continuation of their crimes are enabled not as much by the people running such crime organizations as they are enabled by the masses of people who - wanting some perceived "payoff" - remain involved with them and give them money and support them and aid and abet the continued existence of those criminal enterprises and thus facilitate the ability of church criminals and political criminals and other types of criminals to continue to commit their crimes.] 

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